Senior Buyer

Buyer - Contract (Longterm)

Location: Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Market Rate Salary on offer

Paritas is partnered with a leading IT Consultancy who are looking for a Senior Buyer who can provide support to the Procurement Specialist or Manager in the successful delivery of client procurement process.

Role and Responsibilities

• Assist and take instruction from the Procurement Manager

• Administer procurement process

• Implement procurement instructions, policies and procedures

• Develop Expression of Interest (EOI) Pre-Qualification requests, conduct EOI / PQQ’s, evaluate EOI / PQQ responses

• Manage prequalification process, review and verify agreements with support from Legal Department, develop vendors lists and vendors’ database

• Identify opportunities and lead efforts for cost reduction and increased efficiencies

• Identify and plan delivery timetables

• Monitor supplier performance to ensure targets are met and identify ways to improve the supply chain process with suppliers

• Provide technical advice on specifications supply and logistics arrangements to facilitate efficient procurement, clearance, storage and distribution of supplies and equipment, services and works to be delivered.

• Assess supply operations and control mechanisms and advise on appropriate actions

• Work with the Procurement Department and other client Sectors and Departments, as required.

• Ensure preparation of supply status reports required for budget reviews, program analysis, annual reports, or other reports as may be required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Business, Commerce or similar

• Relevant professional qualification i.e. CIPS status or equivalent procurement, project management professional qualification

• Minimum 8 years of experience in procurement for major international infrastructure projects and railways Experience working in Middle East beneficial

• Experience with planning, forecasting

• Knowledge of procurement concepts, processes, activities and trends

• Experience of developing contracts and relationship management with vendors

• Experience working with FIDIC or similar suite of contracts

• Experience of procurement and contracting

• Experience with basic contracting principles and practices such as tendering, subcontracting, outsourcing management

• Experience in drafting contract documents across various stages of the project lifecycle (e.g. SOW, Charter, progress reports, Gantt charts, etc.)

• Experience of infrastructure large capital projects, preferable.